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journal article·2013-11-13Open access

Transgenics: Colored Fluorescent Silk Made by Transgenic Silkworms (Adv. Funct. Mater. 42/2013)

Tetsuya Iizuka, Hideki Sezutsu, Ken‐ichiro Tatematsu, Isao Kobayashi, Naoyuki Yonemura, Keiro Uchino, Kenichi Nakajima, Katsura Kojima, Chiyuki Takabayashi, Hiroaki Machii, Katsushige Yamada, Hiroyuki Kurihara, Tetsuo Asakura, Yasumoto Nakazawa, Atsushi Miyawaki, Satoshi Karasawa, Hatsumi Kobayashi, Junji Yamaguchi, Nobuo Kuwabara, Takashi Nakamura, Kei Yoshii, Toshiki Tamura

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 23· Issue 42
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Abstract

Transgenic silkworms are adapted for mass production of recombinant silks by T. Tamura and co-workers. They have fluorescent colors and a large amount of the cocoons can be harvested. Cooking and reeling methods are established on page 5232 for the production of recombinant silks without any loss of the fluorescent color. The mechanical properties of the modified silk are similar to those of commercial silks, and thus the modified silks can be used for making fabrics.
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OpenAlex topics: Silk-based biomaterials and applications · Silkworms and Sericulture Research · Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects

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